Milton and the Parables of Jesus: Self-Representation and the Bible in John Milton's Writings

by David V Urban

In Milton and the Parables of Jesus, David V. Urban examines Milton's self-referential use of figures from the New Testament parables in his works of poetry and prose.

Urban's informative introduction explores the history of parable interpretation and the writings of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Reformed biblical commentators, including John Calvin, Matthew Poole, and John Trapp, whose approaches to interpreting the parables...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271085053
• ISBN13: 9780271085050
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"